Remember These Names
The phenoms of today, the legends of tomorrow. You'll want to remember these names.
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The phenoms of today, the legends of tomorrow. You'll want to remember these names.
Where is this story going next? What will I achieve? What is the ending? I don’t know, but I have really big dreams.
I only knew three clubs in Germany at the time. Schalke, Bayern and one other one. But when I started doing some reading on Schalke and the city of Gelsenkirche
How can you even racially talk about somebody else, and discriminate them because they're a different colour to you?
Juventus’ latest star Moise Kean learnt how to be a footballer on an asphalt pitch by his local church. Greatness from small beginnings.
Once I was so desperate to play football that I stole a ball from a priest. And I thank God every day that I did.
From pretending to be Messi on the playground to facing him in this year's Champions League, Houssem Aouar worked so his heroes became his rivals. And he's just
I think it was when I left PSG at 14 or 15. It was a turning point.
I missed France’s World Cup win in ’98. And didn’t make the team for 2018. But the next time France makes a World Cup final, I’ll be there.
Football is crazy, I’m telling you. Like you could be sitting there one day and just playing football with your mates. And then the next day, you could get call
I was just praying that he was gonna call me. Then when he called me, all that adrenaline was just like rushing through my body, especially playing against Braz
It was October 31, a Serie A game against Pescara — my first match on the bench. For me all was new. The locker room, all red and black.